Google Inc.

About.com, Inc.

About, Inc.

General Internet, Inc.

William C Day

Kenneth H Appleman

Scott C Germaise

Elizabeth A Maier

Jim Anderson

Olga Taller

Kevin R J B Donovan

Ron McCoy

Scott Philip Kurnit

Christopher J Barry

Eric Robert Bronnimann

Jacob Paul Ewerdt

Brian Hammond

Sara Frances Plath

Dan C Porter

Matthew Gordon Knell

Eric Christopher Saam

Elizabeth Klein

Christopher Joseph Murphy

James Keith Toothman

David Bard Hills

Eimear Kathleen O'Connell

Ron Mccoy

Kevin Donovan

Chistopher J Barry

Kevin Rjb Donovan

Eimear Kathleen O'connell

A system and method for providing dynamic pay-for-placement advertisements via graphics-enabled email that generates a display of advertisements when the email newsletter is opened so the advertisements displayed are based on rankings at the time the email is opened instead of when the email was generated and transmitted. In one embodiment, a graphical-content email having one or more embedded advertisement image references is provided to one or more email recipients. The advertisement image reference, in one embodiment, may include query string parameters indicating the context of the image reference and/or portion of the image reference (i.e., identifying the image reference as being part of a particular newsletter email), a position of the image reference in the email display, and the like. A URL reference also may be included with each advertisement image reference (.e.g., one URL for each advertisement portion of the image to be retrieved by the advertising image reference).

Method and system for dynamic content insertion in electronic messages

A collaborative Internet data mining system for facilitating a group effort from a plurality of guides to the Internet, by automatically processing the information provided by the guides and thereby create a branded or uniform look and feel to the web sites supported by the plurality of guides.

System and method for identifying content using content templates for distribution to internet users

Methods and systems that allow an Internet distribution partner of an advertisement listings provider to receive filtered and masked listings for display on the website of the Internet distribution partner. The Internet distribution partner defines filters to be applied to ranked advertising listings provided by an advertising listing provider. The advertisement listings provider system applies the filter to the listings in its database and identify matches and/or excludes matches depending on the characteristic specified. The advertisement listings provider may then send the Internet distribution partner advertisement listings based on the application of one or more filter selected by the distribution partner. Thus, the advertisement listings provider and the Internet distribution partner are able to generate additional revenue without risking the Internet distribution partner's valuable relationships with its exclusive advertisers and without jeopardizing the Internet advertising distribution partner's relationships with its end users.

Method and system for providing filtered and/or masked advertisements over the internet

System and method for collecting content using templates for distribution to internet users

Methods and systems for providing advertising content over the Internet through a hierarchical content-specific node structure and pricing advertising delivery over each node independently. Independent delivery and pricing allows an advertiser to pay more for advertisements delivered to a narrowly targeted audience likely to be interested in the goods or services offered by the advertising entity and to pay less for advertisements directed at a more general audience who may or may not have an interest in the goods or services offered. The less content specific the node is, the less targeted the advertisement will be, and therefore, the less valuable the advertisement will be to the advertising entity. Targeted advertising to multiple levels of content specific nodes is enabled.

Method and system for providing advertising through content specific nodes over the internet

Method and system for dynamic textual ad distribution via email

Internet resource location system with identified and approved human guides assigned to specific topics to provide content related to the topic

System and method for modification of included files used in a automatic web page generation system

Guide-based internet directory system and method

System and method for training and managing Internet guides

Collaborative internet data mining system

Collaborative internet data mining systems

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

William C Day